It's very interesting that some of you guys say this man has a short term contract and Amodu shouldnt be mentioned because he would have "failed more" because he gave us a heart attack with his unenterprising, lazy and 'ancient' but experienced legs

But the reality of things is that 'failure' is still failure - someone who failed 'a bit' and he who failed much in my opinion belong to the same class; if this is a draft or indeed a real list, we very much will need the services of not only experienced legs (like Kanu, or even Rufai as somebody said ) but Angels on the field to get out of the group stage

To say the football house hasnt supported Lars very much by playing friendlies isnt new but a perrenial problem, and a short term contract (which fortunately for him is on a very plum and eye-watering salary that he probably cant get in his home country and no indigenous coach can even dream of getting) is no excuse not to get the result

We as a nation are quite passionate about football and often unrealistic and expecting a lot, but not doing enough to develop new and fresh legs that are good enough to play top-flight football around the world, and to patiently develop a cohesive team over time through continuity like the 94 team. We very much like 'fire brigade approach', which is a sign of absolute administrative laziness all the way down from the football house

Unlike in places like Brazil, our players dont have to compete for shirts, but only need to know the right people and just lazily stroll into the camp even though they havent been playing well (or playing at all for months) and often with tons of injury (not surprisingly even in whole leg POP)

Without mincing words or fear of criticism, I honestly want to watch good football in this world cup, wishing the best team to clinch the title, not necessarily expecting (all in the name of patriotism or passion for the Eagles) a crap team to 'wobble and fumble' to the final . Reality could be painful but it's better than fantasy in my opinion!

sleek reek what am trying to say is that people are using this experience excuse too much. if not why would a player like kanu,yakubu still be in this team. people say kanu is lucky, but what has his luck done for us in the last 10 years nothing

@12large
I understand perfectly what you are saying.I agree with you that Yakubu has no business in the World cup,we have better quality strikers in Ike Uche,Peter Utaka and Martins,Obasi,Nsofor any day but Kanu is needed even if it's to play for 15minutes to change out Kalu Uche or Haruna in the midfield,i believe he can make a difference.Of cause we can't ride on luck in the World cup but NFF didn't do there homework well,for instance Rabiu is quite skillfull and should have been guided and helped to go to a big club or in the very least taking to the Nations Cup,what of Emmanuel Ekpo,Wilson Oruma, these are all creative midfielders who are not on the 44 man list.I know that with our shoddy preparation and present players, we may not make it out of the group(and that will be heart breaking,so i'm not putting too much of heart on the Nigerian team),but due to Patriotism i hope by some miracle/luck we go further than the knock out round and that's why i want Kanu's luck in the team.

Are these not the same Amodu boys?

@poster,that topic is so misleading

amunike,okocha,siasia,eguavon babayaro,odegbami etc should be added,if its experienced players some of you really crave for

among d list of defenders, na who wan hold d likes of messi, tevez, aguero, huigain?

kanu-3 goals
martins- 6 goals
yakubu- 5goals
obasi- 7goals
obinna-4 goals

so overall these 5 strikers have scored 25 goals.


i,m afraid for the total nnmber of goals COLLECTIVELY SCORED BY ALL OUR ATTACKERS IS NOT UP TO THE NUMBER OF GOALS SCORED BY ONLY "God have Messi" in LaLiga this season. so the analogy is obvious that there is no credibility in our attackers and the whole line up of defenders can't contain this talisman , Messi. Lagabak should either play Morihyo style against Messi or kiss his job good bye after group stage as Amodu will still join the team shopping for his replacement.

note: Messi can confortable play one -on-one with Yobo and Shitu to score Enyama as he did with Arsenal's Slivester. so why those unstable defenders for the world cup for God's sake?

idiot any normal coach should pai apam and adeleye against argentina, and if they do messi would be fairly handled like they did in olympics

Obasi 7 goal lol.

cjomeje1:

kanu-3 goals
martins- 6 goals
yakubu- 5goals
obasi- 7goals
obinna-4 goals

so overall these 5 strikers have scored 25 goals.

It would be utterly outrageous if Mike Eneramo and Peter Utaka were left out of the squad. Both are the top scorers in their respective leagues.

lets look at the second list for thw world cup i think it makes sense more than the first one

someone once said lagerback is just amodu in another complexion! hahahahha!

Why is Victor moses not in that list? That guy is doing things at Wigan.

So many people compare Nigeria strikers. What about Argentina players who can score anytime with thier prospective clubs but cannot do the same when it comes to play international (Argentina). Everything is 50-50 until game end.

if u ask my opinion, i prefer the defensive pair of Adeleye and Apam to Yobo and shittu

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Source of info? What is Yakubu doing there, what of Peter Utaka, anyway i dont believe it till we hear from Lagerback.

where does peter utaka play, sweden? is that even a league? hisssss.

I really really dont understand what the hell is going on?? ahhhhhhha How can we say that

we are going to a world cup where you have the best of the best teams in the world and

you still dont have a list of players that are heading to S.A?? it is only in nigeria that this sort

of thing happens, its a known fact. prepare well and get results, God will not save us if we dont

work hard or put any sort of effort, look @ argentina. 80% of the squad that will play against

nigeria has been named already, the koreans and the greeks are playing friendlies like no man

business (GRADE A). Nigeria?? buahahahah, the only friendly i remember is against congo drc??

abeg, lets just go and lose and come back o jare, This nigerian way of doing things just annoys me big time,

idiot any normal coach should pai apam and adeleye against argentina, and if they do messi would be fairly handled like they did in olympics,


and then the likes of tevez, huguain and agueruo should run wild and bang goals like mad abi?

idiot any normal coach should pai apam and adeleye against argentina, and if they do messi would be fairly handled like they did in olympics

@12large,
no matter how frustrated u are in life, u must know that u are not there alone.
this is a sports forum and not a war forum.
ppl with enough information are discussing ways forward and u are here doing the work of a dog - barking.
if u are not mentally sound, why not try yaba mental rehablitation home? ur ppl must have known ur status by now as in giving u the required assistance because it is risky to have u be all on ur own.
the coach in question was contracted to take a decission or make selection that he considers best for the sa 2010 showdown hence i urge us to give him the opportunity and free hands to do the work for which he has been paid.
the stupid thing about nigeria is that they always want to get a coach while boarding a flight to a tournament.
if this coach had enough time for this preparation, he wld have engaged certain players in some matches and see how they fair.
our angola matches shld have given this coach the options he needs to form the best team for the sa games.

@chidichris
Tks Chidichris for lecturing 12large about decorum.
i wonder why d guy is still in d forum.
Nairaland administrators shld have banned him long ago.
All d same what u said really made some sense

What a list

@poster

IKE UCHE IS MISSING ON THAT LIST 

That is the best Nigerian striker after Obagoal. He came back from injury to bang in two goals in just his 2nd match and probably
his first start of a match.
The guy is exceptional so your list of strikers is incomplete

sinistyle:

Are these not the same Amodu boys?

And are they not the same Eguavoen boys, Siasia boys and Berti Vogt's boys?

Yusuf Mohammed is the only thing I remember Amodu brought to the team and he is injured and not even our best

I cannot believe that grandpa Kanu is still included in the National squad. This is an outrage. That dude is well past his sell by date. This is one of the reasons why Nigerian Football is on it's way down.

deb:

@poster

IKE UCHE IS MISSING ON THAT LIST 

That is the best Nigerian striker after Obagoal. He came back from injury to bang in two goals in just his 2nd match [/b]and probably
his first start of a match.
The guy is exceptional so your list of strikers is incomplete

Err, that was [b]Kalu Uche (Almeria), his older bro.

Lars should include Goodluck Jonathan to his list; he will bring the team "good luck."

^^^ Yeeaaah, I'm sure nobody else thought of that joke. ¬¬

i tink d major problem we have wit d team is lack of  creative midfielders. d pace of our play is too slow and predictable. we realy need 2 work on dis. d players also need 2 try and keep possesion, d attackers shuld be more aggresive and improve on there ability 2 shot on target. d defenders shuld make sure messi, Aguiro $ Teves do not hav access 2 ball in d 18 yard box if not,  u know nah!

The revelation from the friendlies so far is Lukeman and he is a sure bet for a starting line up in the world cup